Tag Archives: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving video break: Goodbye, Alice

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

I’ll have a link in my Sunday linkdump, but Alice Brock, the woman who inspired the song “Alice’s Restaurant”, passed away a few days ago. Let us pause to remember her and give thanks for her life and the music … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: It’s about Alice

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

We don’t have many traditions here but we like the ones we have. I am as always thankful for my family and friends, my health, the fact that I still get enjoyment from things I’ve done for a long time … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: A return to something resembling normalcy

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s spend a few minutes with an old friend: The day may come when I will get tired of that video, but that day is not today. I am as always thankful for my family and friends, my health, my … Continue reading →

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Forty years of the Butterball Turkey hotline

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

All of your vexing turkey questions answered. Butterball has thrown a lifeline to home cooks since 1981, rescuing them from the brink of holiday meal disasters through its Turkey Talk-Line. What began 40 years ago with six phone operators has … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: At least we still have old favorites

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

I think we can all agree that this is not the Thanksgiving we thought we were going to get when the year started. So let’s be thankful for the things we do have, like the comfort of the familiar. I … Continue reading →

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Please stay socially distant this Thanksgiving

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

It’s what we have to do. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Tuesday urged residents to limit Thanksgiving gatherings to immediate family to limit the spread of COVID-19. The county will send an emergency cell phone alert to all residents … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: I haven’t done one of these in awhile

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

So let’s redo one of my greater hits: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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Thanksgiving video break: Comfort music

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

In times like these, we turn to old favorites for joy and solace: Thanks for being there for us, Arlo. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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Thanksgiving video break: It was like the turkeys mounted a counterattack

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

The greatest holiday TV episode ever. If you haven’t seen this before, you are in for a treat. And if you have seen it before, you know what I’m talking about: I hope your Thanksgiving is better and less chaotic … Continue reading →

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Friday video break: Black Friday

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

I have no idea why I haven’t used this on Black Friday before: I love it when a band successfully reinterprets its own established work, as Steely Dan does here, turning the synth-driven tune into a slowed-down blues rocker. For … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: I’ve done this often enough to call it a tradition

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

And what a tradition it is: I plan to be in a turkey coma today, hopefully in front of a football game. Hope you have the Thanksgiving you want as well.

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Friday random ten: Leftovers

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

In the spirit of the weekend, ten songs about food. 1. Hotdogs and Hamburgers – John Mellencamp 2. Watermelon Time – Marcia Ball 3. Col. Josh’s Homestyle Barbecue – Asylum Street Spankers 4. Ode To The Lima Bean – Flying … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving video break: Alice’s Restaurant

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Needs no introduction, does it? That was at Farm Aid 2005. Still sounds great, too. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.

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Where to eat if no one is cooking in your house

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

I figure most people are eating at home, or the home of a family member or friend, but if you’re not and you’re in Houston, Eater.com has a list of restaurants that are open today. Some pretty fancy places in … Continue reading →

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The helium shortage gets real

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

It could affect Thanksgiving. “We’ve secured helium to meet some of our parade needs, and we are working to secure more,” Kim Stoilis, president and chief executive officer of the Houston Festival Foundation, said in an email Wednesday. “We’re excited … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Black Friday edition

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Today is Black Friday, the traditional start-of-the-Christmas-season holiday in which crazy people get up before the crack of dawn to have first dibs at discounted merchandise. I understand our neighborhood Target took things to the logical extreme and opened at … Continue reading →

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Beyond turducken

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

You’ve had turducken. You’ve had turbaconducken. Where do you go from there? How about the Quaducant, with Creole sausage? That’s just one of several options presented to you at that link. I may have to ask for that next year. … Continue reading →

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Saturday video break: Won’t I get a reputation for being soft on turkeys?

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

President Bartlett, doing his Constitutional duty: There’s also the classic Butterball hotline sequence if you want more. Happy Saturday!

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More stories about building food

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

After having turducken for your Thanksgiving dinner, how can you not have something like this for dessert? A Los Angeles man named Charles Phoenix has created the turducken of Thanksgiving desserts and dubbed it the cherpumple. Turduckens are pretty commonplace … Continue reading →

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Special Thursday video break: It’s not the name of the restaurant, it’s the name of the song

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

You can get anything you want at you-know-where: I did this last year and figured I’d do it again this year. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Smoked beer can turkey

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

For those of you with an engineering bent and a large enough grill, I give you smoked beer can turkey, based on a popular grilling technique for chickens. Bon appetit!

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Friday random ten: Thanks for giving

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

In honor of the holiday weekend, ten songs about thanking and giving. 1. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) – Sly and the Family Stone 2. Thank You Girl – John Hiatt 3. Thank You Friends – Big Star … Continue reading →

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Special Friday video break: As God is my witness…

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

I give you the 1970s precursor to “The Office”, the wonderful and underrated “WKRP In Cincinnati” and their all-time classic Thanksgiving episode. Seriously, if you’ve never seen this, you really need to watch it all the way through. If you … Continue reading →

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Special Thursday video break: You can get anything you want

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

It’s not the name of the restaurant, it’s the name of the song: I was hoping to find a video based on the original recording, but failed. Since I always manage to forget to turn on the radio in time … Continue reading →

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For those of you who think turducken is too wimpy…

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

…I give you Turbaconducken. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is. If you click the link, you will either rush right out to buy several pounds of bacon, or you will become a vegetarian. If you’re already a vegetarian, … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving travel

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

If you’re traveling this weekend, you’ll find the roads a bit more crowded than last year, but down from the norm. Americans shaken by last year’s economic crash may be regaining enough confidence to hit the roads in higher numbers … Continue reading →

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Get well soon, Pancho Claus!

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

See you at the parade! The Houston actor best known locally as Pancho Claus still plans to make his annual holiday appearance in the Thanksgiving Day parade despite suffering a heart attack last week. Richard Reyes, who has portrayed the … Continue reading →

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